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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications"
+description: "Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 443"
+citation: "Maryland SB 443 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Hershey", "Kagan", "Mautz"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ec7448e-02d8-44e6-9fd4-ee2661dfcdc5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0443?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "217a6d9907720d0dc95a44988b0b55773c0b9755d03a48ae9cbbf31c4212dc32"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 443 (2026) — Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_257_sb0443t.pdf)
+2. **First - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0443f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0443t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **115–18** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 257 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ec7448e-02d8-44e6-9fd4-ee2661dfcdc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+